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Chapter 20, Problem 111CP
You travel to a distant, cold planet where the ammonia flows like water. In fact, the inhabitants of this planet use ammonia (an abundant liquid on their planet) much as earthlings use water. Ammonia is also similar to water in that it is amphoteric and undergoes autoionization. The K value for the autoionization of ammonia is 1.8 × 10−12 at the standard temperature of the planet. What is the pH of ammonia at this temperature?
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